Question about data and voice contracts

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I have a 1gig 3g contract and a talk 240 contract. My question is, can I combine the 2 contracts for more or less the same monthly cost?

Sinse I have a phone that can handle the beeg HSDPA speeds I can see I am going to use a lot more bandwidth on my phone and a lot less on my notebook.
 
Veroland said:
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I have a 1gig 3g contract and a talk 240 contract. My question is, can I combine the 2 contracts for more or less the same monthly cost?

Sinse I have a phone that can handle the beeg HSDPA speeds I can see I am going to use a lot more bandwidth on my phone and a lot less on my notebook.
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I don't think you can combine a data contract and a voice contract after you have taken them out, but if the data contract expires you can cancel it and add a data bundle to your voice contract and get a datasim for your 3G modem. I currently have a voice contract and I share the bundle between my phone, notebook and router.
 
morkhans said:
I don't think you can combine a data contract and a voice contract after you have taken them out, but if the data contract expires you can cancel it and add a data bundle to your voice contract and get a datasim for your 3G modem. I currently have a voice contract and I share the bundle between my phone, notebook and router.
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thanks, thats more or less what I thought, luckily my 3g contract expires in a month

ok, I was wrong, my contract only finishes in September .......
 
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Yea the only option is to kill/cancel/expire your data contract and then load the bundle as a service [like SMS bundles] on your voice contract. Then you go get the Data SIM [a second sim] which you can use in your modem. Both sims will use the same bundle. This way should actually be cheaper -and- more flexible. Unlike a data contract you can change the bundles on a monthly basis! [i.e. 1GB this month, 500Mb next month etc etc]

In the meantime i guess you will either have to sim swop, or set up a network at home where all your devices can tap in. In my case i have a wireless router and at home my phone taps into that via WiFi instead of using my 3G on my phone.
 
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diabolus said:
Yea the only option is to kill/cancel/expire your data contract and then load the bundle as a service [like SMS bundles] on your voice contract. Then you go get the Data SIM [a second sim] which you can use in your modem. Both sims will use the same bundle. This way should actually be cheaper -and- more flexible. Unlike a data contract you can change the bundles on a monthly basis! [i.e. 1GB this month, 500Mb next month etc etc]

In the meantime i guess you will either have to sim swop, or set up a network at home where all your devices can tap in. In my case i have a wireless router and at home my phone taps into that via WiFi instead of using my 3G on my phone.
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Thanks for the feedback, @home I have a wireless router on my ADSL line so that part is easy
 
morkhans said:
I don't think you can combine a data contract and a voice contract after you have taken them out, but if the data contract expires you can cancel it and add a data bundle to your voice contract and get a datasim for your 3G modem. I currently have a voice contract and I share the bundle between my phone, notebook and router.
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How does the data sim thing work? Do you get additional sims linked to your voice contract? Or does your prepaid data sim get linked to your voice contract so you can buy prepaid bundles and use it on your voice contract?
 
Park@82 said:
How does the data sim thing work? Do you get additional sims linked to your voice contract? Or does your prepaid data sim get linked to your voice contract so you can buy prepaid bundles and use it on your voice contract?
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You get additional sims linked to your voice contract [all same phone number]. (Thus no, you don't combine different phone numbers/contracts)

I believe only the "main" sim will ever "answer an incoming call" [but can do data too] and while the other only handles data. This setup will then allow you to have it all active at the same time [i.e. having main sim in your phone and data sim in your modem both tapping into the same bundle].

There is a big thread around here with all the info:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=69034

However the catch is do not confuse this with "Twincall" which also gives you two simcards linked to the same number. Both sims on Twincall can receive voice+data though....last i looked into this, they couldn't be online at the same time.
 
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diabolus said:
You get additional sims linked to your voice contract [all same phone number].
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The data SIMs each have their own number, they cannot make or receive phone calls, but can send and receive SMS.
 
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